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Vaclav Smil

Writing for PS since 2009
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Vaclav Smil is a Distinguished Professor of Environment and Geography at the University of Manitoba.

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The Limits of Energy Innovation

The Limits of Energy Innovation

May 13, 2009 Vaclav Smil

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Crumbling Infrastructure – or Crumbling Cliché?
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Crumbling Infrastructure – or Crumbling Cliché?

Todd G. Buchholz thinks the right question is whether more goods and services are being delivered on time than in the past.

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Net-Zero at Davos
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Net-Zero at Davos

Jules Kortenhorst hopes the global business community will heed the World Economic Forum's call to climate action.

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Teaching Old Markets New Tricks PS OnPoint
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Teaching Old Markets New Tricks

Preston McAfee & Simon Wilkie show how applied economics can be used to improve outcomes in everything from school matching to crowd control.

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How a Democratic Counteroffensive Can Win PS OnPoint
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How a Democratic Counteroffensive Can Win

George Soros

Open societies have not always needed defending in the determined way that they do today. But the tide turned against them after the 2008 global financial crisis, and, more than a decade later, the threat posed by authoritarian nationalism continues to rise.

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America’s Debilitating Middle-East Obsession
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America’s Debilitating Middle-East Obsession

Brahma Chellaney criticizes US President Donald Trump for perpetuating one of America's most self-defeating habits.

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The War on Talent
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The War on Talent

Anne-Marie Slaughter & Monica Chellam ask why the only function in US corporations where most leaders are women is treated as “office housekeeping.”

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Combating Child Labor in Global Supply Chains
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Combating Child Labor in Global Supply Chains

Kailash Satyarthi explains what governments, corporations, and civil society can do to end the practice once and for all.

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Restoring Fiscal Order in the United States
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Restoring Fiscal Order in the United States

John B. Taylor argues that a gradual consolidation path would make budget policy more permanent, pervasive, and predictable.

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